Deny This, Last.fm — A couple of months ago Erick Schonfeld wrote a post titled “Did Last.fm Just Hand Over User Listening Data To the RIAA?” based on a source that has proved to be very reliable in the past. All hell broke loose shortly thereafter. — Before posting Erick reached out to the RIAA …

Secret of Googlenomics: Data-Fueled Recipe Brews Profitability — In the midst of financial apocalypse, the gadflies and gurus of the global marketplace are gathered at the San Francisco Hilton for the annual meeting of the American Economics Association. The mood is similar to a seismologist convention in the wake of the Big One.

Should Facebook ‘Just Buy Yelp’? — Matt Greitzer of Avenue A pens a provocative column (How to Solve Local Search, Once And For All) in which he argues that Facebook should buy Yelp: … There's also this related piece from AdWeek on user behavior, advertising and social networks: Poll: Few Use Social Media to Guide Purchases:

AMD says Intel-only deal struck at Apple in 2005 — An Advanced Micro Devices executive claims that Intel and Apple cut a deal in 2005 that made Intel an exclusive supplier of processors to Apple, preventing AMD from gaining Apple business. — The claim, made in a phone interview with Tom McCoy …

Turning a Blind Eye — Noteable as this news cycle winds down has been the relative disinterest on the part of reporters and politicians in adult service ads featured in journalistic media, no matter how numerous or graphic they may be. — Here are 3 out of the tens of thousands of …

YouTube can be dangerous place for porn seekers — YouTube is becoming a dangerous place to search for porn. — Anti-virus company PandaLabs reports on its research blog that hackers have riddled the site with links to malicious software. The scheme works like this …

Craigslist Gets Restraining Order Against A.G. — After weeks of bluster about Craigslist, South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster agreed today to a temporary order preventing him from bringing criminal charges against company executives. — “Until the court rules on the merits …

iPhone to get iTunes TV and Movies! — In a long awaited move (at least by me), it appears that Apple will begin to allow downloads of movies and tv shows through the iPhone. This revelation, (again at least to me) comes by way of an advertisement in the new ad supported version of the app Twitterfon released on 5/15/09.

Cartier sues Apple over trademark infringement — The iPhone has become a big target for legal-minded Americans looking to take a bite out of the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) pie. But, most of the iPhone lawsuits to date have been filed by ordinary citizens, not big-name corporations like Cartier.

Pro-internet piracy party on course for EU seats — The Pirate Party, a single-issue Swedish group that campaigns to encourage internet copyright infringement, is on course to win several seats in the European parliament. — The pro-file-sharing party is Sweden's third biggest political group according …

Copyright Meets a New Worthy Foe: The Real-Time Web — Copyright law wasn't written with today's content consumption in mind. The way online video copyright functions is based on a reading of the 10-year-old Digital Millennium Copyright Act that equates video hosting sites with Internet service providers.

Do You know how #FollowFriday started? — Today is Friday, the most famed day of the week. Why you ask? It's the end of the workweek and the beginning of the weekend (for some). But, for the Twitterverse, it's a day where you could see your follower count substantially climb as a result …

Parents turn to cellphones as high-tech rattles — COLUMBUS, Ohio — When Annamarie Saarinen needed to soothe her ailing daughter, she used a rattle — downloaded to her iPhone. — Jeff Hilimire uses a white noise application on his phone to make shushing noises for his infant daughter.

One reason why StockTwits is growing: Those Twitter ads — Twitter's management seems to have mixed feelings about advertising. But here's anecdotal evidence that those text ads it has been running lately are worth something. — StockTwits, a site for sharing stock-related tweets …

Share Your Google Analytics Data With Everyone — Almost everyone uses Google Analytics to calculate overall site traffic as a way to measure the value of their website. — Many users are clamoring for a simpler way to share their Analytics traffic data with their external stakeholders.

From signed up to satisfied — Getting new users is easy; keeping them is hard. Join Intercom co-founder Des Traynor as he explains how to bridge the gap between a company's initial traction and sustained success.